Actually, I heard it yesterday. Whatever.

On the one hand, good news on the O’Hare expansion front. United and American airlines’ business woes (the former is bankrupt, the latter is losing $5 billion a day) have forced them to put expansion on hold. And while yesterday Mayor Daley still seemed intent on moving forward somehow, today he eased off.

This buys the Aviation Integrity Project more time to investigate corruption at O’Hare and build public sentiment against the $6 billion boondoggle that will fatten Daley’s patronage purse, ensconce the United/American government-enforced dupology at the airport and take away the homes of thousands of suburban residents.

Unfortunately, AIP will be moving on without me. The project was extended beyond its original year for another six months but only at half its former size, which means I and a couple other employees were laid off yesterday. As I look for my next job, I’ll continue working at AIP as an unpaid intern, since it beats sitting at home every day, but I obviously won’t be as intimately involved in the investigative work, what with taking afternoons off to go on interviews and pound the pavement and whatnot.

Anyone need a good writer, editor, researcher? Any freelance assignments are more than welcome.